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Sheeeeeet ! You are lucky ! You could be dead ! Scarey stuff.

I have been in similar situations - fishing in a nasty inlet w/ a heavy outgoing tide and a big swell going the opposite way. Sometimes the change in wave character happens so fast - with you in the mix ! For me, the boat teetered on the very edge of going over and luckily came back - 'right'. Learned another one of those first-person, valuable lessons - almost the hard way.

It sounds like you have it all in perspective though. Yeah it sucks your boat got totaled, but the end result could have been that something was lost that 'is not replaceable'...

Good luck w/ your next boat !